Author Topic: locking in a static ip (Read 7358 times)

D3V1ous · « **on:** August 23, 2011, 06:31:13 AM »

not sure if i need to contact quadz for locking in a static ip or if I need to contact the data center that tastyspleen is being hosted at can some 1 let me know what route i need to take.I dont come on the forums that much just like to play Q2 so if i can be contacted via e-mail great it is floridasharks@att.net

yahoo · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2011, 03:48:01 PM »

you mean u want to have a static ip? if thats what u meant its ur isp..

static ip is needed for your bend rail hacs dev.
heheh

VaeVictis · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2011, 03:54:32 PM »

tastyspleen servers already have static ip's

if you yourself want a static IP you will need to contact your ISP, in which case usually an additional fee is required

D3V1ous · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2011, 04:17:29 PM »

lol my bending rail hacs....yeah that was a good 1.....................i'm getting a static ip on the 6th of september just wanted to know if anthing from the servers end needs to be locked in asfar as a more direct path to the server and if so who do I need to contact quadz or networklayer

Sgt. Dick · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2011, 06:02:34 PM »

I'm assuming you are from FL Dev, I'm on the east coast of FL

D3V1ous · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2011, 03:49:33 AM »

yes sgt dick i'm on the eastcoast I just moved to loxahatchee

yahoo · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2011, 04:53:18 AM »

Quote from: D3V1ous on August 24, 2011, 04:17:29 PM

so who do I need to contact quadz or networklayer

<----- me

btw, Quadz is at my couche sleeping coz hes drunk

D3V1ous · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2011, 04:20:56 PM »

awe that is so sweet of you to help a friend out

now back to what was on the table....you said me and that would be??????? seriously do I need to have the server lock in the ip for a more direct path or something? will I have to pay them a lil a month? I was told by support that I have to have the server or data center lock in the ip so as it gets priority routed????????????

Sgt. Dick · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:36:04 PM »

I'm up the coast in Brevard county.

I have been to your area a few times, your near Lion Country Safari.

VaeVictis · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:48:32 PM »

Quote from: D3V1ous on August 25, 2011, 04:20:56 PM

awe that is so sweet of you to help a friend out now back to what was on the table....you said me and that would be??????? seriously do I need to have the server lock in the ip for a more direct path or something? will I have to pay them a lil a month? I was told by support that I have to have the server or data center lock in the ip so as it gets priority routed????????????

ok... what exactly are you trying to do?

data centers are remote servers, like tastyspleen, that will have a static IP, and you can run servers from them for games or web or whatever...

if you are wanting a static IP to your home, first your ISP has to support doing that (which if they dont, shitty isp) and then generally its an additional fee, and once you have a static IP you can host servers from home... but nothing will need to be done outside of setting up the static IP

you cant really get static routes through the internet as routing tables are large and automatically generated and no company would care to go through the trouble of setting you up a static route

QwazyWabbit · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2011, 06:46:05 PM »

Quote from: D3V1ous on August 23, 2011, 06:31:13 AM

not sure if i need to contact quadz for locking in a static ip or if I need to contact the data center that tastyspleen is being hosted at can some 1 let me know what route i need to take.I dont come on the forums that much just like to play Q2 so if i can be contacted via e-mail great it is floridasharks@att.net

Having a static IP makes no difference to routing. The internet doesn't work that way, it's not like a network of tubes or something and it's not like you can have a special road built between your IP and some destination IP. Any number of packets can take any number of routes between two hosts and there is no way to predict or force them to prefer one route over another for all time and all traffic conditions.

The network is always seeking the shortest route from IP A to IP B, whether that's the smallest number of hops or the shortest period of time depends on the nature of the traffic between A and B and the nature of the other traffic across the routers between A and B. This is what the fight over Net Neutrality is all about.

Different ISP have several routes and several "peer" connections between their network and adjacent ones in case of hardware failures or traffic congestion. The route you get today is not the route you might get tomorrow. The only way to get anything like a preferred route is to have lots of traffic and lots of money to spend on it.

reaper · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2011, 08:00:11 PM »

Just to add something; you could probably improve routing on the server side. It's probably negligable, and it would do nothing for the route from the client to the server.

The server side could have a device like an FCP (http://www.internap.com/business-internet-connectivity-services/route-optimization-flow-control/) , that would choose a carrier based on metrics like latency (not practical to account for in the internet routing table).

Generally the provider game is to get the data off their network as soon as possible (reducing traffic within their backbones), or to send traffic at a set amount to certain providers based on cost. If you let the BGP algorithm have its way it would be shortest AS-path, or autonmous systems. In other words:

route x(1) AS:1,5,6,7
wins over
route x(2) AS:3:8:5:6:7

BGP is a distance vector routing protocol at a high level, so yes, shortests numbers of hops. But really not (hops as in routers), and most large provider backbones are now MPLS, so you won't even see the hops in traceroute.

yahoo · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2011, 07:49:41 AM »

Quote from: D3V1ous on August 25, 2011, 04:20:56 PM

seriously do I need to have the server lock in the ip for a more direct path or something?

Ahh I see what you meant dev. You wanted a better or more and shorter effecient path/route to the Q2 server (TS).

I think you can pay your isp to have a special route for you that will go straight to their backbone.
But It costs a gazillion.

D3V1ous · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2011, 03:35:12 AM »

well if the static dont help me with what i am trying ti do then i will dump at&t and go back to comcast

reaper · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2011, 08:06:13 AM »

is your connection not working? you can switch ISPs but it might be the same.

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